September 18, 2023 • 7 mins
Today in Closing Remarks, Steve makes the Hollywood Writer's Strike the focal point and how it affects those involved.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here we are, guys, our last break of the day.
On this Monday. You end up Yeah, new week day,
brand new week.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
See. You know my closing remarks is kind of a
little different today. This writer's strike that's going on in Hollywood.
The things now, there are people going back to work,
the view the talk. Drew Barrymore came out and apologized
(00:29):
for going back to work. But I'm starting to understand
this as I talk to people. I can't tell you
how many people have called me because we've all honored
the writer's strike. When the actors got involved, that was
to honor the writers. Well, it's getting a little tiring
(00:49):
for a lot of people, and I'll tell you why,
because it's affecting by not having TV and production. It's
not just the writers. The writers want more. The rest
of these people just want what they was getting. So
when you support the writers because the writers want more,
because I do understand they have a very very valid
point because they're being used because they're taking their writing
(01:12):
skills and content and they putting in content formats and
they're not getting paid for it, but they're making money
on these other formats and I understand that. So at
first it was okay, you know, hey, we jump in there.
We support you. But you got to understand. The makeup
artists ain't working. The cameraman ain't working, the grips ain't working,
the set designers ain't working. The catering companies are not working.
(01:37):
The people in charge of lighting and sound ain't working.
The engineers ain't working. The cleanup crews with all these
contracts to clean up the studios and dressing rooms and
makeup trailers, they're not working. And it then got old,
and people are suffering, man, The common man is out
here suffering. And so some of these shows is going
(02:00):
to work. And I got news for you. It's actors
out here hurting. It's people with talk shows that are hurting, man,
because they got bills to pay. And here now the
writers are getting mad at everybody for wanting to go
back to work. But here's the problem, though, mister writers.
And I'm sorry to say this, but when you get
your new contract and your money, you're not gonna give
(02:20):
none to the grips. You're not gonna give none to
the catering company. You're not gonna pass the money on
to them actors. You're not gonna give no money to
the Sound and Light people. You ain't gonna give no
money to the caterers. So we got you want more.
We got you being treated unfairly. But somehow, man, y'all
(02:41):
got to come back to work and work that out
on your own. It seems like it's what a lot
of people are starting to say.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Now.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
You might disagree with what I'm saying, but I can't
support you and your strike, and your strike causes me
to be out of work, and then whatever you negotiate
on your contract, I ain't gonna benefit from it, but
I'm taking all the hits and losses of it.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
And that's where people at.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Right now, man, And you got to understand that. So
I'm in supporter Drew Barrymore. I'm supported to talk what
you think they gonna feel about us. Hey, man, ain't
nobody asking you how you feel when you can't pay
your bills.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
You got to allow people to take care of their families.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Man, and your your strike is costing way more than writers' money.
And so there's a crack in the damn right now.
And I think a lot of people are going to
go back to work, man, And I think a lot
of writers want to go back to work because you
know this has been months right now, this is months
(03:40):
of no income and you just can't expect the average
person to sit out. Man, I know people, you can't
miss a check. Now you talk about months, it done
got old, It done got old. Now that auto workers
want to strike, but you know the CEOs at the
auto companies, man, the UAW is a great organization.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Man. I was a member of ua W.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
That's the one I always identify with my time at
brook Parker Engine Plant out in foot Park, Ohio, outside
of Cleveland. And look, man, when the executives who get
these big bonuses and raises, and you look at all
these executive salaries and they getting them during this time
right here. But then you're telling these auto workers you
(04:25):
can't get a raise. Do you know the problem that creates?
And then your statement as an executive is if we
give those auto workers the raise they're asking for, they
will bankrupt us. Well, that ain't what you said when
you gave the executives they raised, And we ain't taling
about we're talking about millions. We're talking about one person
getting millions in bonus checks, one person making tens of
(04:52):
millions of dollars.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Nah, you got the guide.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
The auto planter's making sixty seventy eighty, whatever that number is,
and they want more, but you're telling them they can't
get more. But you keep giving the executive more and
it's public record what they're getting. And now these cats
is going, hey, what about us. The UAW has a
very very valid point, but they also know the game. Now,
let me tell you how rich people work. Rich people
(05:18):
know that they have enough in reserve to starve you
back to work, and that's what they do. All you
gotta do is look at the picket lines. Man, in
the beginning, whether it's the teachers strike or whether it's
the United all the workers' strike. In the beginning, the
lines is full of picketers. Thirty days later, two three
(05:38):
people out there. They trying to get on the schedule
to see who gonna show up. Then they got to
call you. He it was your day to picket, you
didn't come, and they just eventually wear you down.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Well, all these strikes is wearing people down.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I'm supporting the UAW man, they valid, they got real
valid point. I support the teachers when they go on
strike because they show they already underpaid. They it's the
worst I've ever seen of anybody but the writers in Hollywood. Man,
I understand where y'all at, and you have a very
very valid point, but you got to find a way
to get to work and still make them talk to
(06:12):
you because there's a lot of people suffering because of
this strike and they have to go back to work
because they have families to feed, They got.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Kids in school. So that's it.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
We all affected by it pretty much at the point
where enough's enough right now.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
So those are my clothes. Moms.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Ain't got nothing to do with the most people out
of here except y'all. Hang in there and keep the
faith in God. God loves you, man, God will protect
you from all your enemies.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Remember that. Talk to God today. Love to hear from
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Here we are, guys, our last break of the day.
On this Monday. You end up Yeah, new week day,
brand new week.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
See. You know my closing remarks is kind of a
little different today. This writer's strike that's going on in Hollywood.
The things now, there are people going back to work,
the view the talk. Drew Barrymore came out and apologized
(00:29):
for going back to work. But I'm starting to understand
this as I talk to people. I can't tell you
how many people have called me because we've all honored
the writer's strike. When the actors got involved, that was
to honor the writers. Well, it's getting a little tiring
(00:49):
for a lot of people, and I'll tell you why,
because it's affecting by not having TV and production. It's
not just the writers. The writers want more. The rest
of these people just want what they was getting. So
when you support the writers because the writers want more,
because I do understand they have a very very valid
point because they're being used because they're taking their writing
(01:12):
skills and content and they putting in content formats and
they're not getting paid for it, but they're making money
on these other formats and I understand that. So at
first it was okay, you know, hey, we jump in there.
We support you. But you got to understand. The makeup
artists ain't working. The cameraman ain't working, the grips ain't working,
the set designers ain't working. The catering companies are not working.
(01:37):
The people in charge of lighting and sound ain't working.
The engineers ain't working. The cleanup crews with all these
contracts to clean up the studios and dressing rooms and
makeup trailers, they're not working. And it then got old,
and people are suffering, man, The common man is out
here suffering. And so some of these shows is going
(02:00):
to work. And I got news for you. It's actors
out here hurting. It's people with talk shows that are hurting, man,
because they got bills to pay. And here now the
writers are getting mad at everybody for wanting to go
back to work. But here's the problem, though, mister writers.
And I'm sorry to say this, but when you get
your new contract and your money, you're not gonna give
(02:20):
none to the grips. You're not gonna give none to
the catering company. You're not gonna pass the money on
to them actors. You're not gonna give no money to
the Sound and Light people. You ain't gonna give no
money to the caterers. So we got you want more.
We got you being treated unfairly. But somehow, man, y'all
(02:41):
got to come back to work and work that out
on your own. It seems like it's what a lot
of people are starting to say.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Now.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
You might disagree with what I'm saying, but I can't
support you and your strike, and your strike causes me
to be out of work, and then whatever you negotiate
on your contract, I ain't gonna benefit from it, but
I'm taking all the hits and losses of it.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
And that's where people at.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Right now, man, And you got to understand that. So
I'm in supporter Drew Barrymore. I'm supported to talk what
you think they gonna feel about us. Hey, man, ain't
nobody asking you how you feel when you can't pay
your bills.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
You got to allow people to take care of their families.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Man, and your your strike is costing way more than writers' money.
And so there's a crack in the damn right now.
And I think a lot of people are going to
go back to work, man, And I think a lot
of writers want to go back to work because you
know this has been months right now, this is months
(03:40):
of no income and you just can't expect the average
person to sit out. Man, I know people, you can't
miss a check. Now you talk about months, it done
got old, It done got old. Now that auto workers
want to strike, but you know the CEOs at the
auto companies, man, the UAW is a great organization.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Man. I was a member of ua W.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
That's the one I always identify with my time at
brook Parker Engine Plant out in foot Park, Ohio, outside
of Cleveland. And look, man, when the executives who get
these big bonuses and raises, and you look at all
these executive salaries and they getting them during this time
right here. But then you're telling these auto workers you
(04:25):
can't get a raise. Do you know the problem that creates?
And then your statement as an executive is if we
give those auto workers the raise they're asking for, they
will bankrupt us. Well, that ain't what you said when
you gave the executives they raised, And we ain't taling
about we're talking about millions. We're talking about one person
getting millions in bonus checks, one person making tens of
(04:52):
millions of dollars.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Nah, you got the guide.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
The auto planter's making sixty seventy eighty, whatever that number is,
and they want more, but you're telling them they can't
get more. But you keep giving the executive more and
it's public record what they're getting. And now these cats
is going, hey, what about us. The UAW has a
very very valid point, but they also know the game. Now,
let me tell you how rich people work. Rich people
(05:18):
know that they have enough in reserve to starve you
back to work, and that's what they do. All you
gotta do is look at the picket lines. Man, in
the beginning, whether it's the teachers strike or whether it's
the United all the workers' strike. In the beginning, the
lines is full of picketers. Thirty days later, two three
(05:38):
people out there. They trying to get on the schedule
to see who gonna show up. Then they got to
call you. He it was your day to picket, you
didn't come, and they just eventually wear you down.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Well, all these strikes is wearing people down.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I'm supporting the UAW man, they valid, they got real
valid point. I support the teachers when they go on
strike because they show they already underpaid. They it's the
worst I've ever seen of anybody but the writers in Hollywood. Man,
I understand where y'all at, and you have a very
very valid point, but you got to find a way
to get to work and still make them talk to
(06:12):
you because there's a lot of people suffering because of
this strike and they have to go back to work
because they have families to feed, They got.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Kids in school. So that's it.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
We all affected by it pretty much at the point
where enough's enough right now.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
So those are my clothes. Moms.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Ain't got nothing to do with the most people out
of here except y'all. Hang in there and keep the
faith in God. God loves you, man, God will protect
you from all your enemies.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Remember that. Talk to God today. Love to hear from
for all Steve Harvey contests. No purchase necessary, void we're prohibited.
Participants must be legal US residents at least eighteen years old,
unless otherwise stated. For complete contest rules, visit Steve Harvey
FM dot com. You're listening The Hardy Morning Show
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